Reports: Domestic Russian airliner crashes in Kazan, killing all 44 aboard

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A psychologist at the airport speaks to relatives and friends of those who were aboard the Russian passenger airliner, Boeing 737, crashed in Kazan, about 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. A Russian passenger airliner crashed Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the city of Kazan, killing all people aboard, officials said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed an hour after taking off from Moscow. There were no immediate indications of the cause. (AP Photo/Nikolai Alexandrov)

MOSCOW – Russian news reports say a passenger airliner has crashed while landing in the city of Kazan and all 44 people aboard are believed to have been killed.

The reports said the Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed about 7:20 p.m. local time (1520 GMT) on Sunday. There were no immediate indications of what may have caused the crash.

Kazan is about 720 kilometres (450 miles) east of Moscow.

The ITAR-Tass news agency quoted a local representative of the Emergencies Ministry, Irina Rossius, as saying preliminary information indicated 44 people were aboard and all had died.

The flight originated in Moscow.

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